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G. H. CHATILLON. GONGEALING MEGHANISM FOR SCALES, REGISTERS, dw. No.364,478.

Patented June '7, 1887.

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Patented June '7, 1887.

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G. H. CHATILLON. A GONGBALING MEGHANISM' POR SGALES, REGISTERS, 5o.

f anism applied to a platform-scale.

` UNITED STATES Param?r OFFICE.

GEORGE H. OATILLON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONCEALING MECHANISM FOR SCALES, REGlSTERS, 84C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,478, dated .Tune 7,18257.l

Application tiled February 1'7, 1887. Serial No. 227,911. (No model.) A

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.- l l Be it known that I, GEORGE II.CHATILLON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in thecounty and State of New York', have invented new and useful Improvementsin Concealing Mechanism for Scales, Registers, and other Articles, ofwhich the following is a specication.

This invention lrelates to improvements in concealingV mechanisms, asset forth in the following specification and claims, andillustratedin-the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a section in theplane xx, Fig. 5, looking in the direction of arrow 1. Fig. 2 is asection iu the plane y y, Fig. 6, looking in the direction of arrow 2.Fig. 3 is a broken side view, partly in section, showing the mech- Fig.4L is a face viewof a dial and an index. Fig. 5 is a section in theplane z e, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow 8. Fig.-6 is asection in the plane as x', Fig. 2, looking in the direction 'of arrow4. Figs..7, 8, and 9ishow a modification.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. In the drawings, theletter A designates a face-plate held in position by suitable means,such as'acase or support, B. In the faceing or support for the pivotl D.

be noticed that' by oscillating the concealingit will thus plate Caboutthe pivot or point of oscillation D the opening B can be eitherclosed or opened. By making the concealing-plate O approximately annularor partly annular, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, the concealing-plate O Willbe light. The concealing-plate O is so adjusted as to tend toward itsclosing or concealing po- 6o sition, as shown in Fig. 5. A weight, L,properly applied, is shown as causing the plate C to tend toward itsclosing position. I

The concealing-plate O is providedV with a receiving device, such as acup, E, adapted to 135 receive an actuator or Weight, F-such, forexample, as a coin. A channel or guide, G, ex-

tending to the exterior of the apparatus, may serve to bring the weightF to the receiving device E. By having the receiving device E'7o receivea sufficiently heavy actuator or weight,

Fthe concealing device C will be carried by the actuator or weight F toits open or revealing position. (Shown in Fig. 6.) As seen in Fig.

6, the receiving deviceE is so shaped as to retain the weight Fand h oldthe plate C in its revealing position until the weight F is removed fromthe receiving device E. .An arm or ejector, J, is adapted to remove theWeight plate is an opening or sight,B. A concealingplate, C, is adaptedto move about a pivot or point of oscillation, D.' The opening B has Ffrom the receiving device E. The ejector J So is shown asapplied to theconcealing-plate C. In the drawings is shown a hand or. index, I,

various points at varying distances from the point of oscillation D. Asseenl in Fig. 6, for example, one extremity of the opening B is nearerto the point of oscillation than the other extremity.

The outline of the concealing-plate G correspends, in substance, to theoutline of the opening B. When the plate C is in one positionas, forexample, in Fig. 5, where the concealing-plate C abuts against the stopS--then the v opening B is closed or obscured by said conceding-plate.

' structed.

Vhen the concealing-plate C is in another position-as, for example, inFig. 6, where the concealing-plate C abuts against the stop T-the plateO leaves the passage or sight through the opening B unob- ,The stops S Tare suitably ap'pliedU-as, for example, tothe face-plate A. In thedrawings, the stop T is shown as serving for a bearadapted to travelfrom and toward a startingpoint marked o on a dial, H. The return of theindex I to its starting-point causes the index to strike a lug, K, onthe ejector J. The ejector J is thus actuated and removes the weight Fand receiving device E, when the conn cealing-plate C returns to itsconcealing or cov-y ering position. v

means of a rack, O, on the rod P engaging a g5 pinion, N, on the shaftMof the index I. The f index I thus is caused to travel from its startvingpoint o, so as to indicate on the dial Hthe weight of the objectresting on the platform Q. f. By' now dropping a weight, F, such as acoin, roo

into the cup `or receiving device E, the con cealing-plate will beoscillate'd so as to allow In Fig. 3 the concealing mechanism isshownthe index I and the scale U on the dial II to be seen through theopening B. On removing the weight from the platform Q, the index I willreturn to its starting-point o, thereby striking the lug K and actuatingthe ejector J. The concealing-plate G is thus returned to its closing orconcealing position. Of course I do not limit myself to the applicationof this concealing mechanism to scales, as such concealing device may beapplied to various mechanisms-such, for example, as tallying o1' scoringmechanisms or registers of various kinds.

The weights or coins F ejected from the receiving device E may be causedto fall onto a suitable support or flooring, V, Fig. 3, whence they maybe removed at suitable times.

Fig. 7 shows a face view of a modification with the opening` or sight Bin the face plate A closed. In Fig. 8 the opening B is open.

Fig. 8 is a section in the plane y' y', Fig. 9, looking in the directionof arrow 5.

Fig. 9 is a section in the plane e', Fig. 8, looking in the direction ofarrow 6.

In the modification shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9 the scale U is connectedto the concealingplate C. When the concealing-plate C is in the positionshown in Fig. 8 the scale U is not visible through the opening or sightB. To bring the scale U into view, an actuator or weight is caused toact upon the receiving device E, whereby the concealing-plate and scaleU are carried to such a position that the scale U becomes visiblethrough the opening B.

As seen'iu Fig. 9, the index Iin this modification is made with twosections or hands, I I, one exterior of the case R and one interior ofthe case R. Vhen the index returns to its starting-point the innersection, I, of the index acts on the ejectorV J to remove the actuatorfromthe receiving device E, as already explain-ed.

In the modification, Fig. 9, the support or bearing D of theconcealing-plate C is shown as continuous with the axle or bearing M ofthe index I. The opening or sight B can be closed 0r protected bytransparent materialsuch, for example, as glass or mica.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a face-plate, A, of a concealing-plate, C,adapted to move about a point of oscillation, D, andmechanism,substantially as described, for actuating the concealing-plateO, said faceplate A being provided with an openin-g or sight, B, variouspoints of said opening being situated at varying dis tanccs from thepoint of oscillation D, and the concealing-plate being provided with anoutline made in conformity to the shape of said opening B, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination, with a faceplate, A, of a concealing-plate, C,adapted to move about a point of oscillation, D, said concealing-plate Cbeing adjusted to tend toward its concealing positionand being providedwith a receiving device, E, adapted to receive an actuator or weight forcarrying the concealingplate C to its revealing position, said faceplateA being provided with an opening or sight, B, various points of saidopening being situated at varying distances from the point ofoscillation D, and the concealing-plate being provided with an outlinemade in conformity to the shape of said opening B, substan tially as setforth.

3. rlhe combination, with a faceplate, A, of a concealing-plate, C,adapted to move about a point of oscillation, D, said concealing-plate Cbeing adjusted to tend toward its concealing position and being providedwith a receiving device, E, and with an ejector, J, said face-plate Abeing provided with an opening or sight, B, various points of saidopening being situated at varying distances from the point ofoscillation D, and the concealingplate being provided with an outlinemade in conformity to the shape of said opening B, substantially as setforth.

4. The combination, with a scale, U, having an index, I, of aface-plate, A, and a concealing-plate, C, adapted to move about a pointof oscillation, D, said concealing-plate C being adjusted to tend towardits concealing position and being provided with a receiving device, E,and with an ejector, J, said ejector being adapted to be actuated by theindex I, said face-plate Abeing provided with an opening or sight, B,various points of said opening being situated at varying distances fromthe point of oscillation D, and the concealingplate being provided withan outline made in conformity to the shape of said opening B,substantially as set forth.

5. rIhe combination, with ascale, U, having an index, I, of aface-plate, A, provided with an opening or sight, B, and aconcealing-plate, G, adapted to cover and uncover said opening B, saidconcealing-plate G being adjusted to tend toward its concealing orcovering position and being provided with a receiving device, E, andwith an ejector, J, said ejector being adapted to be actuated by theindex I, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a scale, U, having an index, I, of aface-plate, A, provided with an opening or sight, B, and aconcealing-plate, C, adapted to cover and uncover said opening B, saidconcealing-plate C being adapted to be actuated by an actuator orweight, F, and by the index I, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a scale, U, having an index, I, andindex-actuating mechanism, substantially as described, of a face-plate,A, provided with an opening or sight, B, and a concealing-plate, C,adapted to cover and uncover said opening B, said coneealing-plate Cbeing adapted to be actuated by an actuator or weight, F, and bytheindex-actuating lucchanism, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with an index, I, and a face-plate, A, provided withan opening or sight, B, of a concealing-plate, C, adapted to carry ascale, U, to and from the opening or sight B, said conceaiing-p1ate Cbeing also adapted to be actuated by an actuator or Weight, F, and by anindex, I, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with an index, I, and index-,actuating mechanism,substantially as described, of a face-plate, A, provided with an openingor sight, B,aud a concealing-plate, C, adapted to carry a scale, U, toand from the opening or sight B, said concealing-plate cHATiLLoN. [n s]

